NURS 309

Pharmacokinetics - Changes that occur to the drug while it is inside the body. Movement of the drug particles inside the body Pharmacotherapeutics - The desired, therapeutic effect of the drug. What the expected outcome for the taken drug Pharmacodynmics - The effects of the drug on the body. How the body changes in reaction to the drug Contraindications/Precautions - The conditions under which the drug should not be used or must be used carefully with monitoring Adverse effects - Th...

Which is the top priority for nurses during the preoperative period? A. Patient teaching B. Patient diagnostic testing C. Patient safety D. Patient care documentation - C. Patient safety During the preoperative period, a patient receives surgery on the wrong extremity. To which agency must this occurrence be reported? A. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) B. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) C. The Joint Commission (TJC) D. American Society of Anesthe...

which QSEN competency involves doing everything for the good of the patient? - patient centered care what project was initiated in 2005 that outlined the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes for nursing through their six initiatives? - the quality and safety education for nurses project (QSEN) what are KSA's? - knowledge, skills, and attitudes what are the six major initiatives of QSEN? - patient centered care teamwork and collaboration evidence-based practice informatics saf...

Identify characteristics of evidence-based practice. - -1850s: historical evolution of "research" evidence began w/ Florence Nightingale -best evidence from critical review of literature (research articles) -clinical expertise -patient preferences -clinical knowledge (physical assessment) Identify characteristics of diagnostic reasoning. - -attend to available cues (pick up on pieces of info pt. gives you) >ex: pt. alert and oriented when first came in, now confused and clammy -fo...

assessment component of the nursing process: obtaining a list of medications that the patient takes diagnosis component of the nursing process: formulating a human needs statement based on objective and subjective data and help to drive the nursing care plan planning component of the nursing process: identifying patient goals and outcome criteria implementation component of the nursing process: ministering an ordered medication evaluation component of the nursing process: monitoring b...